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Monday, September 11, 2017

MEGHALAYA BECOMES FOURTH STATE TO IMPLEMENT ANAND MARRIAGE ACT

New Delhi, September 8: Meghalaya has become fourth state of the country to implement Anand Marriage Act in the state and Bihar was completing the process to implement this act in the state.

Disclosing this is a statement here today, the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) General Secretary Mr. Manjinder Singh Sirsa said he had taken up the issue of implementation of the act with the Meghalaya government and was thankful to the state Chief Minister Mr. Mukul Sangma for implementing this act.

He said that its implementation will enable the Sikhs residing in the state to get their marriages registered under the Anand Marriage Act. He said that the sikh community was facing huge problem without is implementation and persons travelling abroad had to face big embarrassment as being a sikh their marriages were not registered under the act.

Mr. Sirsa also thanked Bihar Chief Minister Mr. Nitish Kumar who has taken keen interest in implementing the act in his state and asked him to provide detail rules framed by different government for its implementation. He said that he has provided a copy of these rules to the Bihar government and was hopeful that this act will be implemented in the state soon.

S. Sirsa said that he was thankful to almighty who has given him strength to serve the community and was personally thankful to the Shiromani Akali Dal National President S. Sukhbir Singh Badal who had deputed him to get this act implemented in all the states. He said that he was hopeful that now when a campaign has started it will be implemented in all the states soon.